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Friday, April 17, 2009

California lilac
Ceanothus sp.
Rhamnaceae

The predominant color this spring has been blue - lupines and extremely lush Ceanothus blooms everywhere. A quick search of the Calflora database came up with 90 genera matches. I'm not going to even try to narrow this down to specific possibilities.